Horseshoe-calk.



J. lMUNTS.

HORSESHOE GALK.

APPLIUATloN FILED Fmms. 191s.

21,065,830, Patented June 24, 11913;

avi/meow l Jabez Muns.

J'ABEZ MUNTS, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

HORSESI-IOE-OALK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application. filed February 18, 1913.

l Patented J une 24, 1913. Serial No. 749,093.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JABEZ MUNTs, citizen of the United States, residingat Streator, in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Calks; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to farriery, and more especially to calks; andthe object of the same is to provide fastening means for a detachablecalk having tenons or studs ulrlhich pass upward into holes in the horses oe.

This object is accomplished by constructing the fastening devices in themanner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in thedrawings wherein* Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse shoe withcalks which are fastened by these improved means, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged longitudinal sectional View through said shoe and the frontcalk. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa perspective detail of the key for the front calk, and Fig. 5 is aperspective detail of the calk itself. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail ofone of the heel calks.

In the drawings the horse shoe S is of the ordinary constructionexcepting that it is provided at its toe and at two points near itsheels with rectangular recesses l, and its body is pierced with uprightholes 2, one at each end of each recess and so disposed that the endwalls 3 of the latter intersect the centers of the holes. The calk C maybe of any suitable construction, and is provided in its upper edge witha pair of cylindrical studs 4, each of which has a head 5 at its upperIend produced by forming a cross groove 6 in the stud between its pointof juncture with the calk and its upper end, and the two grooves faceeach other as best seen in Fig. 5. In Fig. 4 is shown the key for thefront calk, and it will be understood that the other keys areof the sameconstruction but narrower. This key is made of malleable iron or pliablemetal, and comprises a flat body 7 which is reduced in thickness alongits side edges 8 at its inner portion and is reduced in thickness clearacross its body and at its outer end which therefore constitutes atongue 9 resting In assembling the parts of this device, the i calks Care brought into place beneath the shoe and their studs 4 passedupwardly through the holes 2 therein as best seen in Fig. 3; then thekey is brought into position and the rounded front end of its tongue 9is inserted into the recess l from the inside of the shoe, the reducededges 8 of the key passing through the grooves 6 in the inner sides ofthe studs, and therefore under the heads 5 thereof. Finally the stop atthe inner end of the key comes in contact with the inner edge of theshoe S, and at this time-the shoe being on the horses hoof asunderstood-the tongue 9 may be bent upward as seen in Fig. 2. The shoewith its calks is then used until the latter wear down or break o, andwhen it is desired to replace a damaged calk, the tongue 9 is bent downagain and the entire key driven out of place by pounding on the outerend of said tongue; thereafter the damaged calk may be removed and a newone substituted for it, after which the key is replaced in a mannerdescribed above.

I have found by long experiment that any calk attaching device whichnecessitates the use of a screw with its threads, or a bolt with itsnut, is impractical because of the hard wear and the dampness to whichthese devices are subjected. Any strain on such an element which issufficient to bend it causes a distortion of the threads so that thescrew is difficult of removal and the nut can sometimes hardly bewithdrawn from the bolt. Moisture corrodes the parts and rusts the screwin place or the nut on the bolt, and the accumulation of dirt has nearlyas bad an effect. But with a comparatively wide, fiat, and straight key(after the tongue is bent down as seen in Fig. 4) it is an easy matterto dislodge it by pounding on the outer end of the tongue so as to drivethe key inward beneath the hoof, even though it may have become stuck inplace by dirt and to an extent rusted therein; and having dislodged itand substituted a new calk it is an even easier matter to replace thekey.

I do not wish to be limited to the precise details further than ascalled for in the appended claims, and the proportions and materials ofparts are not essential to this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a horse shoe calk having two upstanding studsgrooved on their adjacent faces; 0f a horse shoe having a transverserecess in its upper face and upright holes intersecting the end walls ofsaid recess, and a fiat key whose body is of I a thickness equal to thedepth of said recess and whose edges are adapted to enter the grooves insaid studs, the inner end of the key having a stop and its outer endbeing pliable and adapted to be turned upward against the hoof.

2. The combination with a horse shoe calk having two upstanding studsgrooved on their adjacent faces and headed at their upper ends; of ahorse shoe having a transverse recess in its upper face and uprightholes intersecting the end walls of said recess, and a flat key Whosebody is of a thickness equal to the depth ofy said recess and whoseedges are reduced in thickness to enter the grooves in said studs, theinner end of the key having a stop adapted to Contact with the inneredge of the shoe, and the outer end of the key being reduced inthickness and of pliable material, adapted to be turned u to form a toeclip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JABEZ MUNTS.

Witnesses F. M. POWERS, HARVEY MUNTS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

